Our Statement of Faith

The Glory of God and His Nature It is the testimony of the Scripture and of the Church that God is both One and Triune. The biblical narrative reveals and testifies that there is only one God and that He is eternally existent in three persons—Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

1. God the Father God the Father is the creator, sustainer and judge of all things, and He created all things, those visible and invisible. He created man in His own image for fellowship and to fulfill the desires of His heart and now He is calling every man back to Himself through Christ after the rebellion and fall of man. The essence of discipleship is to restore the Glory of God in the Redeemed for the testimony of Who He is. 2. The Son Jesus Christ is God. He was together with the Father and the Holy Spirit from the beginning, and through Him all things were made. For man’s redemption, He left heaven and became incarnate by the Holy Spirit through the virgin Mary; henceforth, He is forever one Christ. The Bible presents Christ with two natures—God and man—in one person. We believe that the spirit of the Word is the testimony of Christ. 3. The Holy Spirit The Holy Spirit is God, the Lord and giver of life, who was active in the Old Testament and given to the Church in fullness in the day of Pentecost. He empowers the disciples to engage on God’s mission, cleanses man from the old nature and conforms us to the image of Christ. The baptism in the Holy Spirit, after conversion, releases the fullness of the Spirit and is evidenced by the fruits and gifts of the Holy Spirit and the power of the testimony of the believer in the risen Christ.

The Scripture We affirm that the Bible, containing the Old and New Testaments, is alone the only infallible, inspired Word of God, and that its authority is ultimate, final, and eternal. It cannot be added to, subtracted from, or superseded in any regard. The Bible is the source of all doctrine, instruction, correction, and reproof. It contains all that is needed for guidance in godliness and practical Christian conduct.

The Gospel of the Kingdom and Salvation We believe that the Scripture declares clearly that salvation is a free gift of God, based on the merits of the death of Jesus Christ, and is appropriated by biblical- prophetic faith. We believe that salvation cannot be understood outside of the context of Jesus’ Lordship on the disciple. And thus, the emphasis of the Scripture is not for someone to be saved to go to heaven (although that’s part of the package), but we are saved from the effects of sin, primarily to manifest the new life of victory through the power of the Spirit and to experience the fullness of God’s Kingdom in the Spirit. That is why the Scripture clearly presents the Gospel of the Kingdom not the Gospel of Salvation. Salvation takes effect by personal repentance, belief in the Lord Jesus (justification), and personal conviction (acceptance) of Him into one’s life as Lord and Savior (regeneration). The new life in Christ includes the privileges of adoption and inheritance in the kingdom of God’s beloved Son. Salvation is an act of free will in response to God’s personal love for mankind and God’s work through His Spirit in every person that responds to Him. In that context, we believe it is God’s will for everyone to repent and to know Him. His calling infused in the totality of the Gospel of the Kingdom is secure in the eternal, unchanging commitment of God who does not lie and is forever the same. This calling of faith and repentance should produce an active lifestyle of loving obedience, Spirit-led transformation, and service centered in God’s Redemptive purposes.

The Spirit-Transformed Life of the Disciple We believe that the Scriptures portray the life of the disciple in this world to be one of balance between expected obedience as Christians, and what is given by Grace to us according to our faith and maturity. Hence, God’s provision for His children is absolute and comprehensive, and the promises are final and forever. The root cause of the shortcomings of the individual and of the Church are because of the still progressing sanctification of the disciple. The Christian life is filled with trials, tests, and warfare against a spiritual enemy. The disciple is called to a total deliverance of condemnation and influence of sin to experience the fullness of the Kingdom of God in his/her lives. For those abiding in Christ until their deaths or His return, the promises of eternal blessing in the presence of God are assured. To remain faithful through all circumstances of life requires the disciple to walk in the Spirit and to seek continually the Spirit-filled life through a willingness to die to personal desires, passions and by taking their cross and following Jesus to the mission.

The Church The goal of the Church is to make disciples of all nations and to present the saints complete in Christ. It is our philosophy that the five-fold ministry of Ephesians 4 governs the Church by equipping and shepherding the Church. Any function or operation, which are vast and unique according to the gift mix, anointing and experience of the disciple, are a common expression of the manifold wisdom of God. And thus, the Church is not limited to the expression of an institutionalized group of believers but can emerge in an organic community of disciples that are proclaiming and multiplying the Glory of God as we see in

the book of Acts. Ultimately, we believe that God delegates authority that requires structure. In this context, Church policy is a balance between congregation and eldership authority, emphasizing the final authority of the Church leadership by the leading of the Spirit. It is essential to the life of the Church that scriptural patterns of discipline are practiced and that oversight for Church discipline, individual and corporate, is exercised by the leadership of the Church with the unique motive to present to Christ a pure virgin to Him and to express God’s character in the process.

Baptism & the Lord’s Supper The Word of God enjoins on the Church two perpetual ordinances of the Lord Jesus Christ. The first, baptism, is the outward sign of what God has already done in the individual’s life and is a testimony to all that the person now belongs to Jesus. It is identification with Jesus in His death, burial and resurrection, and is to be done in the name of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit. The Lord’s Supper is a commemoration of the death of the Lord and is done in remembrance of Him until He comes again; it is a sign of our participation in Him and His Kingdom. Both institutions are restricted to those who are believers.

Second Coming of Jesus We affirm the second coming of the Lord Jesus Christ, the resurrection of the saints, the fulfilment of prophecy in the latter days, and the final judgment. The final judgment will determine the eternal status of both the saints and the unbelievers, determined by their relationship to Jesus Christ. We affirm with the Bible that there will be the Judgment Seat of Christ, this event is unique and exclusive to the believer. The rewards and losses of this event will be determined by the way each disciple ran God’s race for them.